A new Midwestern-themed bar, Lake Street, is opening next Tuesday (7/9) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The bar is run by Brooklyn musicians who originally hailed from the Midwest, including Hold Steady drummer Bobby Drake, onetime Freedom Fighters frontman Frank Bevan, Primitive Weapons bassist Eric Odness, and Spoon bassist Rob Pope. A press release about the new bar reads:

Comprised of four Midwesterners and a Northern Irishman, Lake St. brings its low-key anthem to 706 Manhattan Ave. (btwn Norman and Meserole) in the form of a classic Midwestern tavern meets local neighborhood hangout. Wanting to create a bar in Brooklyn that reminded them of the bars they loved growing up in the Midwest the space has a decidedly old bar feel as evidenced by the 80 year old bowling lane bar top and checkerboard floor. The partnership team includes members of indie rock stalwarts Spoon, The Hold Steady, Primitive Weapons, W/O., and pop culture craze boy band, The Wanted. Lake St. offers a full liquor bar, twelve taps of locals, seasonals, favorites, and an array of Midwestern canned and bottled brews. Look for special guest DJ's on selected nights on their website, twitter, and Instagram.

3:16: The IRONY of your statement/question is that the WASPS come from the MidWest. not NYC. NYC was mostly ethnically based until all the WASPS from elsewhere decided to jump on the bandwagon and show up here bringing their silliness with them.

The was already a better bar with Lakes in the name in Brooklyn. It was called Great Lakes and it was awesome. Not shticky and almost no nods to its midwestern/lake theme except a map and a motorboat engine.
Now it's a goddam wine bar.

I for one think you "natives" should be more grateful people might want to come into your world and enlighten you on things as simple as geography and maybe as complicated as being "nice." Otherwise, you might end up like the idiot "natives" I worked with in Queens who saw no reason to EVER leave NY, had never heard of Minnesota, insisted that I must have meant Michigan (they weren't sure they had heard of that either), and then insisted that Michigan is in Canada.

Omg you Guys, I Am Writing Here From Inside The Bar NOW. There R No CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTES, ATM Broken, Cash OnlY, Couples Who Can Afford A Babysitter To Go Out For The Night onlyy, $4Beers, Rock N Roll Music!!!I

6:44, now that there are smart phones, how do these people you mention maintain their deliberate ignorance? I find it endearing, in an as-long-as-its-contained-separate-from-everything sort of way. You know, like how in Mexico you can purchase a live human being, to do whatever you want with. Wealthy tourist Americans love that, but it would never catch on hear.

Say what you want about the Midwest, people from the MIdwest, people from Queens, white people, people, bars, Brooklyn bars, Brooklyn, old Brooklyn, new Brooklyn, Brooklyn gentrification, gentrification, and how terrible Leinenkugels is (it really is), but don't mess around with Spoon. SPOON OWN YOUR HUMMUS-EATIN' FACE!

Say what you want about the Midwest, people from the MIdwest, people from Queens, white people, people, bars, Brooklyn bars, Brooklyn, old Brooklyn, new Brooklyn, Brooklyn gentrification, gentrification, and how terrible Leinenkugels is (it really is), but don't mess around with The Nuge. THE NUGE OWNs YOUR HUMMUS-EATIN' FACE!
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 1977 2:07 AM

Say what you want about the Midwest, people from the MIdwest, people from Queens, white people, people, bars, Brooklyn bars, Brooklyn, old Brooklyn, new Brooklyn, Brooklyn gentrification, gentrification, and how terrible Leinenkugels is (it really is), but don't mess around with The Nuge. THE NUGE OWNS YOUR HUMMUS-EATIN' FACE!
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 1977 2:07 AM
Posted by Anonymous | USA, 2013 5:13 AM

Say what you want about the Midwest, people from the MIdwest, people from Queens, white people, people, bars, Brooklyn bars, Brooklyn, old Brooklyn, new Brooklyn, Brooklyn gentrification, gentrification, and how terrible Leinenkugels is (it really is), but don't mess around with The Nuge. THE NUGE OWNS YOUR HUMMUS-EATIN' FACE!
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 1977 2:07 AM
Posted by Anonymous | USA, 2013 5:13 AM

i find it most impressive that bv commenters are able to maintain such exceptional quality year in and year out. you'd think the bratty 14-year olds would find something better to do in time, but the hilarity just keeps on coming. Bravo.

Maybe we can arrange a bus excursion to Lake Street in Gravesend...
Oh, & thanks for the shout-out to Great Lakes (rip). Met my wife there almost 15 years ago, & I'm a Brooklyn native (born in Brownsville).

1:25 AM: I criticize the additional bars coming into North Brooklyn, not because I don't like them, but becaue I feel there is more that could be added in the area to benefit the people overall. Also, there are seriously way to many bars in the neighborhood already. You can argue "give the people what they want" until you are blue in the face for all I care, but I don't see the community benefit...

I don't care at all that their from the Midwest or whatever. But anyone who says they are going to 'curate' sports games on TV is a first class douchebag. I'll never go there because the thought of giving that creep even one penny of my money makes me queasy.

All you guys kinda suck... Haja I've been there and it's a cool spot owned by peeps that have worked like crazy to open the space up- If you don't own a bar or have aspirations to do anything with your lives but talk shit.. Kill yourself- because really man.. Shut the fuck up already.

And judging from this rag tag ownership group not a Trust Fund had a withdrawal...so maybe...just maybe, that American Dream is being built right in your "precious" Brooklyn while you choke on your snark.

I ended up here one night during the World Series and a guy was really amped about the Cardinals so I asked somebody if this bar attracted midwesterners and he was like yeah it's midwest themed. I didn't see anything about it that really made me think midwest though. O